Skype Mobile Set for Verizon Wireless Debut

Skype Mobile will be available initially on Verizon Wireless 3G smartphones, including the BlackBerry Storm 9530, Storm2 9550, Curve 8330, Curve 8530, 8830 World Edition and Tour 9630, as well as Droid by Motorola, Droid Eris by HTC and Motorola Devour.

Verizon Wireless and Skype announced at CTIA Wireless March 23 that Skype
Mobile will become available March 25, "starting with nine Verizon
Wireless 3G smartphones."
The deal allows Skype Mobile customers to "make and receive unlimited
Skype-to-Skype voice calls to any Skype contact around the globe; send and
receive unlimited instant messages with [and from] other Skype users ... and
call international phone numbers at competitive Skype calling rates,"
Verizon said in a news release.

"Skype Mobile will be available initially on ... Verizon Wireless 3G
smartphones, including the BlackBerry Storm 9530, Storm2 9550, Curve 8330,
Curve 8530, 8830 World Edition, and Tour 9630 smartphones, as well as Droid by
Motorola, Droid Eris by HTC and Motorola
Devour," Verizon Wireless said.

"Customers need a Verizon Wireless smartphone and data plan to use Skype
Mobile. Skype-to-Skype calls will not be charged against their monthly minute
allowances or data plans," the
company said.

Russ Shaw, general manager of Mobile
for Skype, said in a statement, "Skype Mobile will deliver an unparalleled
experience for Verizon Wireless customers. It will be the best way to enjoy
unlimited conversations with Skype contacts all over the world at no extra cost.
In addition, Skype Mobile will allow people to easily and inexpensively make
calls to land lines and mobiles abroad at Skype rates."